Woven carrier



C. I. SULLIVAN.

WOVEN CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 9, 1917.

Patented May 4, 1920. 7

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Witness r UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GECELIA I. SULLIVAN, 0F WORCESTER,

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, T0 MILLS WOVEN CARTRIDGE BELT COMPANY, OF WORCES- TEE, MASSACHUSETTS, A CORPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

WOVEN CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1920.

Application filed. July 9, 1917. Serial No. 179,348. v

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CncELrA I. SULLIVAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Vorcester, in the county of Worcester, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Woven Carriers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The present invention, likethat of U. S. Patent No. 1,211,275, granted under date of January 2, 1917, has relation to pocketed carriers made of woven material, for instance carriers on the order of those which are used for holding and carrying car'- tridges, packaged first-aid supplies, etc. As in the case of the invention of the said patent, the present invention relates more particularly to the covers or flaps which are provided in connection with the pockets of carriers of the said general class. It is an improvement upon the box or boxed or hood-like covers or flaps which are shown and described in such patent, and which are characterized by having deep side-wings or skirts which together with the associated front form a depending'body or flange that extends around the. upper portion of a pocket in such manner as to completely inclose such portion without openings at the opposite sides of the closed and covered pocket.

The invention consists. in an improved boxed cover or flap embodying. novel features of construction by which a double top for weather protection is produced, the process of manufacture is simplified and expedited, and the manufacturing: cost is reduced.

An embodiment of the features of the invention is shown in the drawings, in which latter,

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a woven carrier having a cover or flap containing the said features.

Fig. 2 is a view thereof looking from the left-hand side in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top view of the cover or flap shown separately.

Fig. 4 is a view in vertical section on line 4, 4, of Fig. 3.

The drawings show the invention applied in connection with one of the pockets 1, and a portion of the supporting-band 2,

at the junction of the top of a Woven carrier of known construction in general.

The cover shown in the drawings comprises two pieces of woven material, both preferably narrow webs woven with regular selvages. One of these pieces forms the top 3,. and the other forms the depending body or'flange 4. The use of narrow strips out from a larger web is contemplated as a modification, and when these are employed their raw or outside-margins will be turned over and stitched orother'wise fastened in place so as to give firm'smooth edges. The use of selvaged narrow webs is preferred, inasmuch as in the case of such use the scams '3 and the depending body or flange 4 are less bulky and clumsy. I

The top 3 is of suitable dimensions to cover the open top of the pocket and is closes the opposite lateral sides and the front of the pocket, is attached by its upper margin to the front end and side margins of the top 3, preferably bymeans of stitches 8, 9. The two ends of the strip of which the body or flange 4 is made are hemmed as at 4, 4, Figs. 2 and 3, to conceal and protect the raw or cut edges thereof.

The double top comprises two thicknesses of the strip of material of which the top is composed. This strip primarily is somewhat more than twice as long as the distance from the supporting-band to the front of the pocket. In the double top the said strip is folded back upon itself, making therebyl a double thickness for a little'greater lengt than the distance just mentioned. The raw or cut extremity of its shorter under portion is hidden and protected by being turned in between the said shorter portion and the main portion, and is secured in place by fastenings 10, Fig. 4, preferably stitches which pass through all three thicknesses of the material. At the sides of the double top the margins of both thicknesses of the latter are fastened to the upper margin of the body or flange 4 by means of the stitches 8, which pass from the outside of the body through all three thicknesses of material to the upper side of the top. This mode of application of the side fastenings produces a tendency of the side-portions of the depending body or flange to occupy an inward position close to the sides of the pocket, and re duces the tendency of the said side-portions to bow outward laterally. At the front of the double top, the forward fold of the latter is fastened to the upper margin of the depending body or flange 4 by the stitches 9. Preferably, the said forward fold is turned downward on the order of a short flange, and the said stitches pass from front to rear throughthe two thicknesses of the fold and also through the said upper margin of the body or flange 4. This gives a smoother front angle, without any tendency of the front margin of the top to turn upward like a lip.' Preferably, also, the said forward fold of the top is located at the back of the adjoining portion of the upper margin of the depending body or flange, and thereby is hidden and protected by the latter.

' and quickly.

Fastening means for securing the cap or cover in closed condition will be provided in practice, usually. The drawings show fastener devices 11, 12 of so-called glovefastener type.

I claim as my invention 1. A pocketed carrier having a boxed pocket-cover or flap which is connected flexibly at the back thereof to the carrier, and which comprises a top formed of one piece of woven material that is doubled back upon itself so as to produce a double thickness for weather protection, and a depending body or flange formed of a second piece of woven material which is fastened by its upper margin to the side margins and front fold of the double top.

2. A pocketed carrier having a boxed pocket-cover or flap which is connected flexibly at the back thereof to the carrier, and which comprises a top formed of one piece of woven material that is doubled back upon itself so as to produce a double thickness for weather protection, and a depending body or flange formed of a second piece of woven material which is fastened by its upper margin to the side margins and downturned front fold of the double top.

3. A pocketed carrier having a boxed pocket-cover or flap which is connected flexibly at the back thereof to the carrier, and which comprises a top formed of one piece of woven material that is doubled back upon itself so as to produce a doublev thickness for weather protection, the said top having a rearward attaching extension, and a depending body or flange formed of a second piece of woven material which is fastened by its upper margin to the side margins and front fold of the double top. 4. A pocketed carrier having a boxed pocket-cover or flap which is connected flexibly at the back thereof to the carrier, and which comprises a top formed of one piece of woven material that is doubled back upon itself so as to produce a double thickness for weather protection, the said top having a rearward attaching extension, and a depending body or flange formed of a second piece of woven material which is fastened by its upper margin to the side margins and front end of the top.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CECELIA I. SULLIVAN. Witnesses:

DELIA M. RHEAUME, ETHEL L. Bron. 

